Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Professor Radhika Desai of the University of Manitoba describes the geopolitical economy of the COVID-19 pandemic and suggests how the Left should respond. Her presentation was part of a larger webinar hosted by the Winnipeg Venezuela Peace Committee on May 1, 2020.
The entire webinar is available at youtube.com/watch?v=MxLKCr10rV0.
The Panel
Radhika Desai, Director Geopolitical Economy Research Group
Maria Victor, President of the Board of Directors of the Canadian, Latin American and Caribbean Policy Centre
Dimitry Lascaris, lawyer, activist, journalist and candidate for leadership of the Green Party of Canada
Nigaan Sinclair, Professor of Native Studies, University of Manitoba; columnist at the Winnipeg Free Press and commentator for APTN, CBC, CTV
Ajit Singh, lawyer, independent journalist and contributor to The Grayzone
Host: Alan Freeman, research affiliate of the University of Manitoba’s Geopolitical Economy Research Group
Moderator: Glenn Michalchuk, Chair of Peace Alliance Winnipeg, labour and social justice activist/Winnipeg May Day organizer
Video Editor: Paul S. Graham, paulsgraham.ca
Professor Radhika Desai of the University of Manitoba describes the geopolitical economy of the COVID-19 pandemic and suggests how the Left should respond. Her presentation was part of a larger webinar hosted by the Winnipeg Venezuela Peace Committee on May 1, 2020.
The entire webinar is available at youtube.com/watch?v=MxLKCr10rV0.
The Panel
Radhika Desai, Director Geopolitical Economy Research Group
Maria Victor, President of the Board of Directors of the Canadian, Latin American and Caribbean Policy Centre
Dimitry Lascaris, lawyer, activist, journalist and candidate for leadership of the Green Party of Canada
Nigaan Sinclair, Professor of Native Studies, University of Manitoba; columnist at the Winnipeg Free Press and commentator for APTN, CBC, CTV
Ajit Singh, lawyer, independent journalist and contributor to The Grayzone
Host: Alan Freeman, research affiliate of the University of Manitoba’s Geopolitical Economy Research Group
Moderator: Glenn Michalchuk, Chair of Peace Alliance Winnipeg, labour and social justice activist/Winnipeg May Day organizer
Video Editor: Paul S. Graham, paulsgraham.ca
